TOMPSC SCCJA Cumulative Exam Study Guide
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1st Amendment - -Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
-4th Amendment - -Search and seizure
-5th Amendment - -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
-6th Amendment - -Right to a speedy and public trial
-14th Amendment - -Due Process
-Executive, Legislative, Judicial - -Three Branches
-Executive Branch - -Enforces laws
-Legislative Branch - -Makes laws
-Judicial Branch - -Interprets the laws
-Supreme Court - -Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review.
President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must
be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of
approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term
begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
-Due Process - -No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the means
selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the
object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
-Fighting words - -Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite
an immediate breach of peace
-Intoxication, threats, physical interference - -Forms of speech that are not
protected
-Texas v. Johnson - -A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law
banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was
symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
-Trial Running - -Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
-Despondent - -Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
-View Enhancement - -Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a hill or
tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
, -16 - -SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
-Any person under the age of 18 - -Definition of a child
-Jeb v. Alabama - -Case that established the equal protection clause
-63 - -SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
-1996 - -When was Megans Law passed?
-94 - -How many federal district courts are there?
-13 - -How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
-Common pleas and general sessions - -Two branches of a circuit court?
-Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - -Court case that established fighting words
-Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - -3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
-90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - -Characteristics of
an armed gunman
-Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment
gear - -5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
-Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - -What are three security checks officers to look for
with a gunman?
-Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to
searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - -Abnormal
behaviors in lost individuals
-The Jury is sworn in - -Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
-1st witness is sworn in - -Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
-Child Abuse and Neglect - -Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other person
responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental
injury to the child
-Family - -A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
-Household member - -A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common,
someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
-Going from family to general sessions - -What is transfer of jurisdiction
with complete solution
1st Amendment - -Amendment that dealt with freedom of speech
-4th Amendment - -Search and seizure
-5th Amendment - -The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy
-6th Amendment - -Right to a speedy and public trial
-14th Amendment - -Due Process
-Executive, Legislative, Judicial - -Three Branches
-Executive Branch - -Enforces laws
-Legislative Branch - -Makes laws
-Judicial Branch - -Interprets the laws
-Supreme Court - -Article III of Constitution. Court of last resort. Judicial review.
President nominates all justices, including position of Chief Justice, and they must
be confirmed by a majority of the senate. 9 justices. Receive and dispose of
approximately 5,000 cases a year, and grant certiorari to about 150 cases. Term
begins the first Monday of October and ends in late June or early July.
-Due Process - -No law will be unreasonable, arbitrary, or capricious and the means
selected to enforce that law shall have reasonable and substantial relation to the
object being sought to be achieved by that law or process
-Fighting words - -Words that by their very utterance inflict injury or tend to incite
an immediate breach of peace
-Intoxication, threats, physical interference - -Forms of speech that are not
protected
-Texas v. Johnson - -A 1989 case in which the Supreme Court struck down a law
banning the burning of the American flag on the grounds that such action was
symbolic speech protected by the First Amendment.
-Trial Running - -Lost individuals will hastily travel the nearest trail or travel aid
-Despondent - -Persons who are severely depressed individuals or persons
contemplating suicide
-View Enhancement - -Type of strategy occurs when the lost person climbs a hill or
tree in order to improve or enhance their view of the area
, -16 - -SC code of laws pertaining to weapons
-Any person under the age of 18 - -Definition of a child
-Jeb v. Alabama - -Case that established the equal protection clause
-63 - -SC Code pertaining to child abuse and juveniles
-1996 - -When was Megans Law passed?
-94 - -How many federal district courts are there?
-13 - -How many circuit courts of appeals are there?
-Common pleas and general sessions - -Two branches of a circuit court?
-Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire - -Court case that established fighting words
-Acute, Outward Adjustment, Resolution - -3 phases of rape trauma syndrome
-90% of population is right handed, majority don't use holsters - -Characteristics of
an armed gunman
-Protrusions, Printing, Weighted hemline, Straps/slings, commercial concealment
gear - -5 things you should look for on suspects carrying a weapon
-Tapping, Grasping, Pressing - -What are three security checks officers to look for
with a gunman?
-Failure to make shelter/fire, discarding equipment, disrobing, failure to respond to
searches, failure to respond to searches, failure to use travel aids - -Abnormal
behaviors in lost individuals
-The Jury is sworn in - -Double jeopardy attaches to a jury trial when?
-1st witness is sworn in - -Double jeopardy attaches to a bench trial when?
-Child Abuse and Neglect - -Occurs when the parent, guardian, or other person
responsible for the child's welfare inflicts upon a child physical or mental injury or
engages in acts or omissions which present a substantial risk of physical or mental
injury to the child
-Family - -A spouse, child, parent, sibling, any person who regularly resides
-Household member - -A spouse, former spouse, persons with child in common,
someone who has or formerly has cohabitation
-Going from family to general sessions - -What is transfer of jurisdiction
